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Health Spending and the States Some Background Facts Louise Sheiner Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy The Brookings Institution Health spending (mostly Medicaid) large share of budgets C ensus Bureau, Authors Calculations


  1. Health Spending and the States Some Background Facts Louise Sheiner Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy The Brookings Institution

  2. Health spending (mostly Medicaid) large share of budgets C ensus Bureau, Author’s Calculations

  3. Medicaid is an important source of health coverage for the population Medicaid Enrollment Share of US Population 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

  4. Source:: KFF Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

  5. Source:: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute

  6. Medicaid spending growth lower than private, Medicare Increase in Real Per Enrollee Spending Since 1987 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Private health insurance Medicare Medicaid

  7. Some long-term pressure from aging Source: CMS

  8. Issues Facing States Near-term • Status of ACA, Medicaid Expansion • Medicaid waivers: Allow states to impose premiums, impose work requirements • State regulation of insurance markets? • Opioid epidemic Longer-term: • Possibility of block grants – fixed or per capita caps • Budget pressure from continued cost growth, aging, pension obligations

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